George Müller's Fifty-Seven-Year Prayer

In 1836, George Müller of Bristol, England, began praying for the conversion of five personal friends. He prayed daily, by name, with quiet certainty that God heard every word. One friend came to faith after five years. Another after ten. A third after twenty-five years. Müller never wavered. He never stopped asking. The fourth friend converted after thirty-six years of faithful prayer.…